Nurses and midwives make up the largest part of our workforce, and we offer unparalleled opportunities for career progression and development.
We work with our nurses to nurture your dedication and caring skills through supported training, personal development and progression opportunities. That is why, nursing at Northumbria Healthcare really can be a career for life.
We care for patients across Northumberland and North Tyneside, in hospitals, the community and at home and currently have a wealth of nursing opportunities in:
● Adult
● Paediatric
● Mental health
● Learning disabilities
If you share our passion for nursing and making a positive difference to patients, then you have already taken your first steps along the Northumbria Way.
You don’t have to have a university degree to become part of our nursing family. Nor does a career in nursing have to start straight from school. Many of our nurses started on our apprentice scheme, while others returned to practice later in life.
Our Northumbria Way offers six routes into nursing or a career in care:
● Health apprentices
● Care certificate
● Trainee Nursing Associates
● Student nursing
● Return to practice
● Preceptorship Programme
Whichever route you take, we offer a unique development structure, giving you opportunities to develop clinical skills, leadership, and personal development.
A career for life
Part of our Northumbria Way is a commitment to supporting you to develop your clinical skills, as well as any career or leadership aspirations you may have.
To enhance and broaden your career, we offer several schemes and training opportunities to maximise your personal development. This includes our Aspire scheme which provides openings for nurses who express an interest in a speciality(s) to enhance and broaden their career pathway.
Our coaching programme is a successful and proven form of learning which can help you to reach your full potential by focusing on you as an individual. Feedback from nurses confirm that coaching can help identify and achieve goals, increase engagement, confidence and effectiveness.
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